The Ripple Effect education video: Part 2 — Captain Rewind master of hindsight

GRAPHIC WARNING — Explicit language and simulated drug-taking: How to recognise a drug overdose and what to do. This is The Ripple Effect: Part Two — a confronting educational video series for teenagers that answers those questions. WATCH NOW.

GRAPHIC WARNING: The above The Ripple Effect educational video contains explicit and course language, simulated drug-taking and scenes that may be disturbing for some viewers.

Parental guidance is highly recommended.

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WATCH PART TWO ABOVE // WATCH PART ONE HERE

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The Ripple Effect is a definitive special investigation into recreational drug use, drug culture, exposing the crimes and criminals behind their manufacturing, international smuggling and the devastating impact overdoses have on Australian families and friends. It focuses on the facts and impacts of party drugs.

The Ripple Effect video series’ goal is educate and inform young Australians through their own eyes and, in turn, parents on the dangers associated with recreational drug use as well as the role peer pressure plays in their kids’ lives.

MORE STORIES IN THIS SERIES

► 1 drug. 4 mums. 4 dead children and the devastating ripple effect

► Anatomy of MDMA: What it does to your body

► Revealed: The secret dumping ground of toxic drug waste

► The app that may just help save your friend’s life

► “No magic button” to get kids to stop taking MDMA

Captain Rewind — aka YouTube star Jazza — in a scene from The Ripple Effect Part Two, arrives to educate young adults at a music festival on how to help a friend in the midst of a medical emergency.

This video series will shine a light on:

► How are drugs made, where they come from and what’s in them

► What party pills do to your body when you take them

► The risks young people take when they pop pills

► How a single pill can lead to an overdose

► Why young people die from overdoses at music festivals

► How to recognise if your friend is in trouble

► How you can save your friend if they are overdosing

Andy Gourley is a founder of Red Frogs Australia, who have been providing support at festivals and music events across Australia. Picture: Adam Head

Red Frogs founder and CEO Andy Gourley said: “The Ripple Effect campaign brings awareness and education to the true effects that drugs have on young people’s lives.

“It demystifies the reality of it through a creative lens, looking at the issue from all angles and bringing a wider understanding of the ripple effect that drugs have in society.”

Andy said The Ripple Effect video series was essential because it illustrated the reality of the risks young people accepted when they took party drugs.

“The videos, while some of it is confronting, does actually show real-life encounters that our team has.” he added.

“The videos bring the reality of the issue to the forefront, which is a great talking point for teens to begin a larger conversation that could save a life.”

If you need help? Please call Lifeline Australia 13 11 14 — 24 hours a day, 365 days a year or in the event of a medical emergency, call triple-0 immediately.